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... within a similar group of animals, for example, mammals, metabolic rate is higher for smaller body size versus larger body size. You have to ... by skin and fur) to volume ratio is large, it can loose a lot more heat. in order to survive and keep warm, it needs to rev up its metabolic ...

... at day. I will explain this. Because they often have a low metabolic rate, small ectotherm animals such as lizards or insects spend a big deal ... view, to sit and wait for their prey an/or when catching solar heat. Hence for them it is a good strategy to have a similart colour to that ...

... at day. I will explain this. Because they often have a low metabolic rate, small ectotherm animals such as lizards or insects spend a big deal ... view, to sit and wait for their prey an/or when catching solar heat. Hence for them it is a good strategy to have a similart colour to that ...

... dont appear from nothing, explode, and cause the universe to expand and heat, then cool, then randomly form the earth. This, in simple common sense ... A study was done on the sun by Russian scientists. Based on the sun's rate of nuclear fusion, the Russian scientists found the sun to be 10,000-30,000 ...

... in autonomic functions. Sorry I can't be more help here :s Heart rate increases when the body's trying to combat change. So you're quite correct ... noting that it also withdraws blood supply from extremities to conserve heat. There are two ways to look at cold: firstly the heart rate should slow ...